ID GUIDES

Curious about what you may see diving or fishing at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary? Want to know what the organism is that you captured in a photograph at Gray's Reef? Check out the following identification guides to answer your questions about life in the sanctuary. Remember these guides were produced by authors outside of the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and are not necessarily a complete list of the organisms found at Gray's Reef

Field and Laboratory Seaweed Guide

This field guide to the seaweeds of Gray's Reef is intended to help visitors and researchers identify the macroscopic or multicellular, benthic (attached) plants living in or near the Sanctuary. The guide includes blue-green, green, brown and red algae.

A Guide to the Benthic Invertebrates and Cryptic Fishes of Gray's Reef

This site is a guide to the benthic invertebrates and cryptic fishes found in and out of Gray's Reef. These species are found around hard bottom habitat in Gray's Reef and along the South Atlantic Bight. This site is maintained by scientists at Georgia Southern University and updated when new specimens are identified.

Field Guide to the fishes of Gray's Reef

This pictorial guide is intended to help in the field identification of the common, important, and unusual fishes of Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary. This guide provides some biological and ecological information about fish in the area and a drawing of the species. This compilation of information was completed by SCUBA surveys in the 1980s.